Tractor News Cabelas has tractors!!??

[GManBart]

i'll stick with JD b/c I can still walk in and get parts for my 1978 JD212 any day of the week. I can do that for ANY product they have.

This is untrue. There are plenty of Deere machines that are no longer supported, and the owners have to resort to salvage yards to find parts. That isn't the majority of Deere machines, but it's not uncommon. There have been quite a few posts about that issue here the last few years.

This can happen with virtually any brand these days.

 

[94BULLITT]

You can't expect a brand to support all parts for a machine that is 30 years old. You can't go to a car dealer and get anything you need for a 30 year old car. The same goes for chainsaws and many other things. When the parts are selling they are not going to support it.

 

[ddd75]

You can't expect a brand to support all parts for a machine that is 30 years old. You can't go to a car dealer and get anything you need for a 30 year old car. The same goes for chainsaws and many other things. When the parts are selling they are not going to support it.

pretty strange that I've had a lot of different machinery and worked on a lot of machinery and I have never had the JD dealer turn me down for getting ANY parts for ANY machine.



i've seen soem pretty old Stihls and they still have the parts for them.. I don't know where you guys are shopping but if I buy a not that big a name machine then it's usually impossible to find a part for it.. so I stick with large names like JD so I know I can get parts easily. My operation is to important for down time trying to make or find a part.

That's just my little opinion though. you guys buy what you want, i'll do the same. :cool2:

 

[GManBart]

pretty strange that I've had a lot of different machinery and worked on a lot of machinery and I have never had the JD dealer turn me down for getting ANY parts for ANY machine.



i've seen soem pretty old Stihls and they still have the parts for them.. I don't know where you guys are shopping but if I buy a not that big a name machine then it's usually impossible to find a part for it.. so I stick with large names like JD so I know I can get parts easily. My operation is to important for down time trying to make or find a part.

That's just my little opinion though. you guys buy what you want, i'll do the same. :cool2:

There have been quite a few threads here about Deere models no longer supported and actually some about Stihl models no longer fully supported.....it's not just one or two people, and it's not dealer specific. People have clearly called all around the country and no Deere dealer can get parts for them.

Of course you can buy whatever you want, but you jumped into a thread about Cabela's tractors and started comparing them to other brands....not really the topic.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

pretty strange that I've had a lot of different machinery and worked on a lot of machinery and I have never had the JD dealer turn me down for getting ANY parts for ANY machine.

I needed a gearbox part for my older deere hay rake a couple years ago... deere didn't have it and couldn't get it... so I welded and reground my old part until I got it going again...

SR

 

[cford36]

pretty strange that I've had a lot of different machinery and worked on a lot of machinery and I have never had the JD dealer turn me down for getting ANY parts for ANY machine.



i've seen soem pretty old Stihls and they still have the parts for them.. I don't know where you guys are shopping but if I buy a not that big a name machine then it's usually impossible to find a part for it.. so I stick with large names like JD so I know I can get parts easily. My operation is to important for down time trying to make or find a part.

That's just my little opinion though. you guys buy what you want, i'll do the same. :cool2:

Past fall had my Cub Cadet push leaf vac in for a problem. Turns out cylinder needed to be replaced. Unfortunately no replacement parts avail. Was about 13 years old.

 

[jd870]

Has anyone seen a cabelas tractor being used by anyone?

 

[GManBart]

Has anyone seen a cabelas tractor being used by anyone?

In one of the many threads here on the topic, somebody posted that they knew a wealthy guy who bought one for his hunting camp...that's the only nearly first-hand use I've heard of.

Not sure if I noticed this before, but you're only like 5mi away from me!

 

[jd870]

Yes on Bunton Rd.

 

[Btown]

There are a couple of post in the TYM forum from 2 Cabela tractor owners. One has a 35 hp and the other the 43 hp.